Essay About The Failure Of Reconstruction
As the states continued in their malicious ways, The Freedmen and Abandoned Lands was created to help slaves with health, education, and abandoned land. In March 3, 1865, Congress passed the act that will establish the Bureau of Refugees. But before approval it was driven by the Department of War and viewed by General Otis Howard given the position by the former president Lincoln. Congress lead legislation, Civil Rights Act of 1866, although this was applied to the Nation states kept on record and continued the black codes and second class citizenship was given to slaves. The Civil Rights Act drew numbers, civil rights such as rights to make contrast sell property and receive identical treatment. The Fourteenth Amendment was approved by Congress
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The Reconstructions goals were merely achieved, After the Reconstruction ended African Americans everything stayed the same, they had more rights when the Civil War was in place everything remained the same there was no exact change. The amount of hope that was pouring in the blacks was bringing many hopes up but ended in total devastation. The Reconstruction was the event which led to lives changing constantly it had its success and its failures Its turning point in America when life was restarted. African Americans lost many rights like the right to vote, having health care, the right ot get a proper education and many more rights where taken away. Soon after the Reconstitution the republicans interest in supporting the right blacks, then the democrats got full control of the south leading to capitalism rising again. The Reconstruction transformed African Americans for a short time. More than 2 centuries African Americans were given new lives. Although it was not like equality it was more of a labor of destroying life. But this small change was a huge improvement from being incarcerated all their life time. The most important thing that The Reconstruction succeeded was it freed slaves in the south replacing it with
The Reconstructions goals were merely achieved, After the Reconstruction ended African Americans everything stayed the same, they had more rights when the Civil War was in place everything remained the same there was no exact change. The amount of hope that was pouring in the blacks was bringing many hopes up but ended in total devastation. The Reconstruction was the event which led to lives changing constantly it had its success and its failures Its turning point in America when life was restarted. African Americans lost many rights like the right to vote, having health care, the right ot get a proper education and many more rights where taken away. Soon after the Reconstitution the republicans interest in supporting the right blacks, then the democrats got full control of the south leading to capitalism rising again. The Reconstruction transformed African Americans for a short time. More than 2 centuries African Americans were given new lives. Although it was not like equality it was more of a labor of destroying life. But this small change was a huge improvement from being incarcerated all their life time. The most important thing that The Reconstruction succeeded was it freed slaves in the south replacing it with